#mother goose storytime

[barbielore]

In celebration of @thebreakfastgenie having a birthday, the request ahs come in for "anything from" the early 2000s. This was an exceptional period of time for Barbies, featuring such delights as the controversial Happy Family pregnant Midge, and the pop culture collection featuring Faye Wray in King Kong.

But more than that - there are some great playsets from around this time featuring both Barbie and her younger sister Kelly.

For example, one I find personally very charming is Mother Goose Barbie.

Which in addition to the two dolls, also had a storybook, a goose and a pig. (Are there pigs in the Mother Goose canon? Or perhaps Mother Goose was telling a story about a pig? I don't actually know.)

Barbie & Kelly Art Teacher also featured additional items - paints and rubbing plates (including, yes, the Barbie logo) so the kids playing with Barbie can learn just as Kelly does.

Kids love re-enacting things from their real life as well, so naturally there's also a Barbie and Kelly grocery shopping doll, featuring Kelly sitting in the baby seat of a shopping cart.

And why not relax after a long day of sibling bonding with Sleepover Girls, a playset featuring Barbie and Kelly tucking in with a bottle of generic cola and a bucket of popcorn. (And featuring sleeping bags for them to tuck in together afterwards!)

In particular I love Kelly's pink dressing gown. I think she's adorable.

All these just from 2002 - there's plenty more from the era in surrounding years.

Happy birthday @thebreakfastgenie

[meep--tm]

tumblr freaked it & deleted the ask but this is for that anon like a yr ago that asked me to draw rosamund and mother goose together..... Wherever U Are.....

[sweet-storytime]

Mother Goose

TW BEFORE YOU PROCEED

There is mentions of

Blood

Death

Murder

Not eating

Across the pond, a small white duckling sat with its chin propped up on one webbed foot, gazing longingly at the water. A gray goose strolled up to the lonely duckling and nudged him gently in the back with her head. He turned slowly to acknowledge her presence, as if it took all of his energy to move his body. She continued looking at him with one eye, then bowed down a bit and took in a large breath through her beak. When she stood up and exhaled, she sent a stream of air across the little duckling's face, and he sneezed his appreciation. "Goodness Gracious! It's so dark! You'd think the sun would have risen by now," announced Mama Goose to anyone who was listening. "It doesn't matter to me, but I would hate to be you— all alone out here. Why don't you come with me? Maybe Mama could keep you company." The small white duckling seemed to gain strength, as he rose and looked around at the pond growing lighter by the minute. An expression of determination came over his round face as he thrust his chest forward and scrambled after his new mother into the forest— determined to taste new berries and find other lost ducklings in need of his own brand of comfort. A little while later, the duckling stumbled upon its mother's bloodied body in the grass. The duckling tried to clean her with its beak and couldn't understand that it was already too late. The baby bird's mother had passed away. Feeling the immense weight of his sadness, he gathered her close and prayed that mother goose would find him and lend him some comfort. She found him and brought him back to the place she called home. She gave him food, but he simply couldn't eat; he was too overcome with sorrow for the mother that he had lost. It took a while, but he eventually began to eat again. Mother Goose was overjoyed that she had a son, although it took murder to get him. His birth mother didn't deserve him if she'd left him behind so callously. But why does Mother Goose feel guilty? She got what she wanted.

[redraven393]

watching The Wild Robot Let's gooo

sun is shining and girly is clearly a morning person-love the multilinggual introduction.

someone out there has just wasted what I assume must have been millions of dollars to get this state-of-the-art robot only for it to be stranded in the middle of NO WHERE.

she is every managers ideal sales person omg her Voice acting is soo good!

OPP Gilry NOO (hits by waves) GILRY CLIMB Like a Crab

OH MY GOD SHE CAN MAKE STIKERSS- and she give them to all them.

Rozzem is fukin overwhelmed. her city-girl vibe is not meshing well with the Wild life.

ohhh~ learning mode? guess we doing the talking animal things huh, but from what I see from the day and night cycle it at least took Rozzem 8 days to learn the Animal language.

ROZZEM HONEY NOOO- omg they are all assholes-Rozzem sounded so sad omg honey.

Zeus is being an asshole - the Raccoons are being Assholes!! >:(

OMG NATURE IS JUST BEING AN ASSHOLE TO HER T-T

all of this was just from the first 10 minutes of the movie holly shit.

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OMG WE KILLED A FAMILY T-T Rozzem is not catching a break

THE BABY!- GET THEM ROZZ-

A BABY!!!!- BABY - A BABBY

no wait Rozz honey you cant just left a new born baby what to heck.

that's what you get for ignoring a toddler Rozz, they break your shit.

I've seen this view a lot.

SHUT UP MOM THEIR ACTING IS ON POINT (also night shade salad?)

helo Pinktail- a mom friend Rozz need- OMG did someone die?- he lived YAY

The possum mom and her Kids are great

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Rozz a while ago: I need to go back I no longer have a task I CAN'T FUNCTION WITHOUT A TASK so I must left this newborn

PinkT a tired mom of 7: oh honey being a mom is a full-time task

Rozz immediately committed to be a mom: :D happy to serve my task

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Rozz Honey, please be gentle with the newborn. oh shit, it's the FOX, what do you want FINK-local Goose EXPERT?

Rozz please tell your manufacturer to add some self-preservation program in you the next time you see them FINK PLEASE AT LEAST HELP THE CHILD

oh yeah no one has named the newborn yet

"Kindness is not surviving skill" The audience would remember that and judge you when the time comes.

OMG Rozz you cant just admit to murder like that get a lawyer first at least

OMG BABY NOOO- oh yeah Rozz? and launching the Baby into the air like last time is???

NEW HOME Project Let's GOO- omg that is a big hole, man is gonna be a cause to a plot point later I can tell.

BABY FIRST WORDS- love that the baby is learning by mimicking Roz & Fink's banter

Roz no you need to encourage the Baby

Yes-yes name for the baby! BRIGHTBILL

home finish, Fink is living that sugar baby lifestyle

it's not copying its taking inspiration you beaver!

Storytime for the baby!

for a fox that was so ready to kill the kid you sure do worry about their innocence Fink

ahh motherhood~

YOU CANT RUN FROM FATHERHOOD FINK- This is to heal your inner childhood

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TIME SKIPS!!!!

oh-oh no- OH NO BRIGHTBILL NOO why cant you inherit you Fox!dad personality instead T - T

THE ROBOT NOISES!!!

oh but Roz did teach him another language POG

glad you're still here with us Fink- and they're not WEIR they are Special.

aww they are so close to one another thoug- omg she is raising him to be a scientist

hi PinkTail and Kids- are they your new litter Pink?

SWIM TIME!- FINK is fukin savage to our boy

it's a swim alright....- aww Roz your mothering Program is on point now- Roz~ you need to let your teenage son do things on his own for once

hi mr. Beaver- huh i didn't expect to find more of them in this island

it may have because my teen years is not that long time ago but GOD do I feel the secondhand cringe

of course! even in the wild we will find Bullies- OMG BB NOO- GO TO HIM, MOM!

SHUT UP YOU PUSSIES FUCKING RAN AT THE FIRST SIGHT OF ROZ

BB call Roz MOM!!- SHUT UP BEFORE I FUKIN HUNT YOU DOWN FOR DUCK SEASON- Fink you are so the GOAT man- BB that is not how you talk to your PARENTS

omg Mr. Beaver hi??? why are you holding a knife??? Mr.Beaver???

off Roz honey we need to get you back in the factory buddy-

oh no the Back story reveal- ahh the Teen angst moments

EYYO BB THAT IS TO FAR !!

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Oh we're back at the crash site? ANOTHER ARM?? there were Other Robots in that POD???

HOLLT SHIT

huh so they reall are just mass-produced- so where are they going to anyway???

Hey other Roz! or Rummige? Rumi is what I gonna call you

Roz honey you need a fukin break or else you might just have a meltdown

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Roz, a tired mom to a teen goose: I have a Kid

Rumi, just being resurrected a minute ago: Girly Excuse me Wtf??

Rumi, flabbergasted by Roz's problem-solving idea: Gurl we were not meant to be a MOM

Roz still a tired goose Mom: I KNOW BUT I MUST

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OKAY BUT LIKE- shout out to Rumi who didn't even care that she wouldn't survive long, she just saw this fellow robot like her struggling and giving up her own way to be back home and prioritize Roz

Fink is struggling without his bodyguard but is willing to climb a fuk ass mountain to check up on Roz is just AGGAHJYGUIS.

EYY you're in this thing too Fox.

Aww Rozz you're great hon, don't let some teenager make you down like that.

UGH her voice!!! she sounded so longing to be needed!-

"Maybe there is someone small there that needs my help" roughly translated to "maybe there is someone out there that WANTS me to HELP" - IMCRYING OMG

uh oh, winter is coming - Fink really saying that BB has no friends

BB you ungrateful lil shit- tell em Fink.

wait Rozzie Honey if you could have learned the proper way for Geese to fly now why didn't you do the same with the swimming part, Rozzie??

aww i forgot Roz lost a leg :(

OLD MAN MR. PEDDLER YOU ARE THE GOAT

He's UP! - He's down - oh no, yeah Rozz you need that self-preservation program installed soon you either learn em yourself or imma break 4th wall to install it.

THUNDERBOLT! And yeah i love how Rozz is having more friends in the Island

BB gonna be flying like a fukin Predator bird this winter, those fukin bullies won't know what hit em!

hello longneck sir, your group has been terrible to Rozz's son

"we Geese are a cranky lot" sir do you know that your whole species is a fukin menace???

why does he sound like a school principal telling the Protag's mom that she needs to make sure his grade is stable if she want her son to have a shot at the team

Roz honey why do you know the size of your son's heart?

YEAH GET HIS ASS PinkT!

The Forest guys are warming up to the Odds Fam Aww :3

and it's DONE the Boy can FLY! >:D

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opp it's time everyone- wdym thing between you two is still weird

oh god he's really going away now huh? well at least LongNeck is a good fellow

"this Flight is a gift from Roz to you-" "do you see any others that are as small as you?" - YES! give that kid a lesson in perspective!

noooo Rozzie you don't need to hesitate calling BB your son

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BB: will you be here when i get back? Roz: no me seeing there is still like 40 minutes left: uhhhh -------------------------- Say sorry you lil shit, or like thank you.-ah, and there he goes.

AUYSUGJAVXBXAVXAG FUCK T o T

THE LAST GOODBYE MY HEART FUHCHHKKK

welp, task over yeah Fink now you can go back to your unkind life where everything wants to kill you all the time.

help why do they sound like divorced parents already, the kid literally just left for college not a minute ago

JUST SAY YOU GUYS STILL WANT TO BE FRIENDS OMG

i mean she is clearly running on minimum energy with a deteriorating body because Nature is a bitch so uhhhh

FINK FUKIN COME BACK YOU COWARD

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oh shit there are actually humans defuq I forgot about them.

checking in with Goose Child they are landing in what seems to be a very futuristic corn farm.

OMG ANOTHER ROZ- OH SHIT ANOTHER ROZ

YES, Grandpa LongNeck you know what's up!- UFF and too think all this is caused by a herd of Geese jeez

THAT'S NOT A ROZZEM - WHY DO THEY HAVE A FUKIN WAR MACHINE IN A FARM!!- YEAH LET'S GO BB!-

wait no Grandpa LongNeck - NO

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oh hey! Awww i knew you guys will stick together.- bad storm huh- Rescue MISSION

PINKTAIL!-Lmao Finks no- Thunderstrom!!- MR. PADDLER SIR! (he is still going at it wtf)

ROZ honey you're wasting to much energy love- the BEAR TOO???

ah, shit-this is too much chaos- "the jerk wants to speak" lmao.

YEAH SO DON'T BE A JERK ASSHOLES!

oh no Rozzie please stay safe

The bear's name is THORN

Rozzie you okay hun?- SHE LIVES!!- and to wait for baby- HE'S HERE!!

aw LongNeck- aw Rozzie- ROZZIE STAY AND TALK TO YOUR SON ISTG

uhhh-UHHHHHH- UH?????? - Vontra?- uh?- why she is so touchy???

uh OH , ROZZUM- ISN'T THIS A BIT MORE THEN NECESSARY??

THORN!- THE GANG'S ALL HERE

NATURE vs AI LET'S GOOO

TITLE DROP SHE DID THE TITLE DROP

FIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHTFIGHT

the acting school are doing wonders

NOO ROZZIE- VONTRA U BITCH

YES BB SHOW THEM WHY GEESE ARE FUKIN MENACES

also the forest fire...

give it up Vontra you could never defeat God's biggest mistakes

oh- oh kid- oh kiddo i am so sorry- oh honey

AHHHHHHHHHHHHH- fuck

oh?-oh! ROZZIE!

back to the Gang and the forest fire- hope we didn't left anyone behind-

oh MR. PADDLER SIR! we need your tree!

THUNDERBOLT

RIP i guess hope yu went to hell Vontra

Roz?-ROZ?- ROZZIE?!! WHAT'S WITH FLASH BACK ROZZIE??- ROZZUM WHY DID YOU THROW AWAY YOUR HEART?!- ROZ??!!

oh damn, that is a big Tsunami-

Rozzum?- aww you get a 10/10 finally Roz- oh -oh sheesh-

oh Rozzie- oh BB- Oh Fink- oh god YOU GUYS!

OMG THE ART

wtf Roz you can't make me sad like that.-

well, at least the gang is still as strong as ever- ROZ CAN HAVE WINGS???

nah you guys can't just let her be stuck as a farmer bot after ALL THAT!!

glad Fink and Mr. Peddler are friends now

i see what you did there Dreamwork- give us a "nice" ending but not the actually good one

[xxxcryptidxxx]

Kaveh AgeRe Headcanons

Slight Warning: nightmares, bedwetting, emetophobia, mommy issues, spoilers for Kaveh's backstory, read at your own volition

Kaveh is a flip!

—Kaveh is a flip with a little lean!

—Kaveh's regression age is 0-3, he's baby!

—Kaveh's primary caregiver(s) are Alhaitham, Tighnari, Cyno, and on a few rare occasions, Wanderer!

—You'd think he'd be a high maintenance/high energy little due to how hyper he is as an adult, but baby Kaveh is actually rather low energy. He likes taking naps quite a lot too.

—Kaveh's favorite toys are a Goose plushie named Gee, and a tin of building blocks Alhaitham bought him. Kaveh loves building little towers and houses. Kaveh takes Gee everywhere with him, and Kaveh will cry if Gee gets "hurt" (stained fur/ripped fabric/fell in some mud/all those things) and will be inconsolable until Gee is better.

—Kaveh cries quite a surprising amount, the smallest things make him cry, he dropped his bottle? Its the end of the world. The sky isn't the right shade of blue? Unacceptable. Oftentimes a warm bottle and a cuddle will calm him down, but sometimes Kaveh just needs/wants to cry.

—Kaveh's pacifier is orange and yellow with a lion sticker, it's basically glued to his mouth, it's one of the reasons why Kaveh is nonverbal when in Littlespace.

—Kaveh is a padded little, he has nightmares of when his parents left, especially his father, which often leads to needing a diaper change.

—Kaveh wears almost exclusively onesies, he hates wearing adult clothes, especially his usual attire with the open chest.

—Kaveh has been mistaken as a girl, which he takes as a compliment. Kaveh doesn't mind being girly, which Alhaitham thinks is cute and likes to see how far that goes, so far Alhaitham has gotten away with putting Kaveh's hair in pigtails, dressing him in all pink, and on one occasion, even put Kaveh in a dress. Which Kaveh thoroughly enjoyed.

—Kaveh has mild food restrictions, he is a vegan as an adult, but he's made it clear to his caregivers that he'd rather eat meat or animal products then make his little-self go hungry. Oftentimes, Kaveh just has fruit and Oat milk bottles, but on a few rare occasions, he'll help Ali—The name is little-self blessed Alhaitham with—finish up some eggs.

—Kaveh gets stress-sickness a lot when he's small, especially when he thinks about his parents, poor baby throws up a lot because of stress, which means he's in bed a lot. Tighnari is an impromptu pediatrician at times, making sure Kaveh is okay.

—Kaveh can, will, and has cried over thinking his caregiver(s) was leaving him, even just being in a different room for too long will send him into hysterical pleading that he'll be good and that he won't cause anymore troubles and to just please keep loving him. (Alhaitham is not too happy over how his mother let her grief traumatize Kaveh)

—Kaveh's primary little(s) are Alhaitham, Tighnari, and Cyno! On rare occasions he'll babysit Aether.

—surprisingly, Kaveh prefers feminine titles like "mama" over more masculine ones like "dada".

—absolutely loves reading/playing with his kiddos, Kaveh is the go-to for storytime in Sumeru, hands-down the best storyteller in the region.

—Kaveh isn't afraid to dress up/get dirty with his kiddos, his Little's are the only ones allowed to touch his hair, what an honor!

—Kaveh can't cook that well—his parents never taught him—but that doesn't mean his Little's are living off fast food, Kaveh is teaching himself simple, baby-safe foods, so far, all his Little's unanimously agree his fruit purées are amazing.

—Kaveh has an amazing singing voice, but he gets stage-freight, he only sings to his babies when he thinks they are asleep.

—Kaveh loves carrying/holding his Little's, which works for him because 3 out of 4 of the Little's he cares for are clingy infants.

—Kaveh is a rather emotional person as we know, you can expect any art work his babies have made him framed on the wall, and he will brag about how talented his Little's are to anyone/anything with the ability to hear.

—the best at comforting, Kaveh knows all the right words—or lack of words—to calm and comfort his babies, Mama Kaveh always is open for a cuddle if needed.

[borbi-edits]

Mother Goose Storytime. Kelly looking adorbz and Barbie in the raddest pants.

[civicart-old]

Welcome to Buster's Bruncharia!

This is just one of the three ideas of sets of animatronic characters for FNAF-inspired eatertainment establishments.

The Characters:

Buster the Dog: Lead singer and the face of the Bruncharia.

Flower the Rabbit: Buster's backup singer.

Bessie the Cow: Operates as a waitress.

Mother Goose: Has a stand-alone attraction called "Storytime with Mother Goose" where she reads stories to younger children.

Bullseye the Horse: Has a stand-alone attraction called "The Adventure Hour".

Bandit the Raccoon: Shares "The Adventure Hour" with Bullseye.

Shelia the Sheep: Although she originally performed onstage with Buster and Flower but she was eventually decommissioned.

[binxaroo]

Honk yaaaa we are a week away from Honkmas! Starting in 15 minutes I'll be streaming World of Warcraft leveling my hunter. It's also storytime Sunday with Goose Mother! For tonight we have- No One Likes a Fart. Come on by for a goose time with WoW and a silly book. www.twitch.tv/binxaroo #smallstreamer #twitchstreamer #twitch #storytime #goosevibes https://www.instagram.com/p/CmVIYOlL7Z8/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

[incorrect-play-it-by-ear]

And that's it for another week of book club! Thank you @foreos @spacetime-storytime, @offbookkeeping, @robynator for great suggestions! Surprisingly enough, we were pretty unanimous on some of these characters, despite having all of Play It By Ear to choose from...

🌟 Top mentioned characters:

Janessa (Heartbeat Hospital)

Darren Vapes (The Missing Member)

💃🏽 Characters mentioned multiple times:

Jerry (Mallapalooza)

Chancellor Ooh-Lala (Space Rocks!)

Jerome (Whimsy on Wheels)

🎆 Characters mentioned at least once:

Clark (Heebie Jeebies)

Captain Midnight (Space Rocks!)

David and Geribold Henry (Merkmere)

Bernice, Mark, Rebecca and Rebecca (the flight attendants from Skyline Flight 314)

Klaus and Raus (Elevator Pitch)

Nessie (Legend of the Lake, aka the dress rehearsal)

The Time Lord (Elevator Pitch)

Josh and Catrina (Joust Because)

Mother Goose (Humpy Dumpty)

As always, thank you all for participating in the book club! Love you all 💞

This week on the Play It By Ear Book Club, we're playing a little game I like to call...

Dream Blunt Rotation

First, pick an activity. It could be a blunt rotation, but it could also be going to Disney World, playing sports, doing taxes, running a coffee shop, sailing on a pirate ship or anything else you want ☕🎢🏖🏴‍☠️

Then, pick up to four characters who have been featured on the show, who you think would be the best combination of people to join you in your chosen activity.

Who are you choosing? And what will you be doing? Answers in the tags ⬇✨

Earlier book club episodes

If you want to be tagged in the future when I post book club topics, send me a message or reply to this post🌟

[loverofcutetoys]

[prettylittleheartfilia]

Family Day

Pairing: Nalu

Word Count: 1,280

Happy NaLu Day everyone!! Thought I’d do some nalu family fluff to celebrate :3

Also, thanks to my tumblr-less friend for helping me with my writer’s block. I hate you, idiot. ❤️

“Luna, please stay still so mommy can do your hair.” Sighed Lucy, trying to coax her daughter into sitting in front of her.

“But it’s boring” Drawled the five year old.

“Well, if you don’t sit then we are going to be late for Family Day. We don’t want to be late for that now, do we?”

The little girl’s eyes went wide as she hurried to sit on the floor with her back turned to her mother. Lucy smiled triumphantly as she began to brush Luna’s salmon colored locks.

Today was Family Day in Luna’s school, a day where parents spend the entire day with the kids in class and do a bunch of activities. The little girl had been talking about this day for weeks, excited about the fact that she could finally show her cool parents to her friends and teacher, according to her own words -- which made Natsu and Lucy feel really proud at knowing their daughter thought they were cool.

“Luce, you almost done?” Called Natsu from the bathroom.

“Yeah, just a second!” Answered the blonde as she finished placing two little star hair clips on each side of the front of Luna’s parted hair. “And we’re all done. You look beautiful, sweetie.” And she wasn’t lying. The independent little girl insisted on choosing what to wear for school herself the night before. Apprehensive as she was at letting her do this, Lucy thanked God when Luna finally decided on a white long sleeve skater dress with a collar. --She was glad the kindergartener didn’t get her sense of style from her father. Her salmon colored pigtails went well with the dress-- it was always hard to find clothing that would go well with the girl’s unusual hair color, and her gold flats complemented the accessories on her head.

After giving her daughter a kiss, Lucy stood and headed for the bathroom, where her husband was struggling to tie a tie in front of the mirror.

“Need any help?” Chuckled the blonde as she approached her husband.

“These things are way more complicated than they look” Natsu grumbled under his breath.

“Umm, no.” Drawled his wife. “You just have no patience.” She finished tying the tie effortlessly and Natsu gave her a dirty look while she smirked. “You look handsome.” She said as she eyed his business casual attire.

“You don’t look so bad yourself.” Natsu eyed his wife’s pale pink skater dress, similar to Luna’s, and white low heels with an approving look, which made Lucy blush. She smiled and got closer to Natsu, about to kiss him when a high pitched voice interrupted them.

“Mommy, Daddy, let’s go! You can kiss later!” The parents blushed and laughed at their daughter’s remark. Natsu approached the little girl and lifted her up, positioning her on his hip.

“Alright, pretty girl. Let’s go to school.”

“Finally!” Drawled the little girl dramatically. The parents chuckled as the little family went out of their home and started heading towards the elementary school.

The kindergarten classroom was filled with parents and enthusiastic little kids. The room was nicely decorated, with all of the kids’ works hanging on the walls, everything organized and clean, and a table full of snacks in the corner, where both Natsu and his daughter wanted to head immediately, but Lucy stopped them. The desks that were regularly part of the classroom where no longer there. Instead, there were chairs on the far back, where everyone was expected to sit, and the front was left clear of any furniture.

Luna instantly dragged her parents around the room to show them her pieces of art enthusiastically. She went on and on about how she’s always doing her work and gaining gold stars, and how her teacher was impressed with how the little girl would rather read a book instead of sleep like her other classmates during naptime. Lucy was very proud of hearing this, since her and Levy had made it their mission to teach Luna to read as soon as she turned four, and she was glad to know that her child loved reading as much as she did.

“Good morning, everyone!”

“Good morning, Miss Penelope!” Answered all the little kids at their teacher.

“I’m glad to see you all here! Please take a seat. Today, we have a lot of activities planned for everyone! We are going to have a lot of fun, right little ones?” All the kids cheered at their teacher’s words. Apparently, Luna was not the only one of her class very excited for this day.

After a little orientation, the day was filled with lots of activities. The parents and guardians had to introduce themselves and what they did for a living. The kids were fascinated at Natsu’s job as a firefighter, and at how Lucy created stories like the ones they read during storytime, which gave Luna even more reasons to think her parents were the coolest. They made arts and crafts, played Duck, Duck, Goose, went to the playground and had a three-legged race (parents against parents and kids against kids), which seemed like a fun idea until Luna was paired with a little boy, which made papa bear Natsu a bit irritable.

After naptime, when parents finally had a time to relax, Miss Penelope announced the last activity of the day: finger painting. Everyone was given a few pieces of paper and some paint. Luna shoved her hands in the paint and plastered them on the paper, leaving an imprint of her little hands on the paper. Lucy found it adorable and set it on the side to dry, planning to take it home and put it up on the refrigerator later.

“Wow, Daddy! You’re so good at this!” Said the kindergartener in awe at her father’s “work of art”, which consisted of two stick figures, a sun, a house, and a few trees.

“I’ll make sure to put this one on the refrigerator too.” Teased Lucy, to which Natsu smirked.

“You want me to teach you?” He asked his daughter, who eagerly nodded her head.

After being taught how to do random doodles with her fingers, Luna decided to do a painting of her own, without showing her parents until the very end to surprise them.

“Everyone done with their paintings?” All the kids nodded, including Luna who had just finished hers. “Alright, before we go, does anyone want to show their beautiful masterpieces to the class? Parents can participate too!”

Luna raised her hand avidly and was called on by her teacher.

“Okay, Luna, please show us your drawing and explain to us what it is.” Said Miss Penelope as she took a seat.

The Dragneel daughter turned around her painting to reveal two stick figures really close together, one with pink lines all around its head, and the other one with yellow paint attached to its head which reached its waist. Hearts were painted all around them. “This is my daddy, Natsu. And this is my mommy, Lucy.” She pointed to each stick figure respectively. “They’re kissing, because that’s what they do all the time.”

The parents stared wide eyed at their smirking little devil, their faces getting redder and redder with each of the smooching sounds and “ewws” that the other kids made.

“Oh, God.” Muttered Lucy, as she covered her face with the palms of her hands.

“Well, she’s not lying, is she?” Teased an amused Natsu with a smirk on his face, which only got bigger as Lucy nudged him.

Their first school Family Day was something, and they could not wait to do it all over again next year.

[chevrefoildreams]

8:32 AM EST

Anne Louise was born 1 year ago today!

I can’t believe she’s already a year old! Stop growing up so fast, my little Anne-Banane. 

Anne at one year:

1) She’s not quite walking yet but she’s a great cruiser and stands pretty well on her own for short periods of time! 

2) She is an expert babbler and is starting to say stuff that sounds like words -- she’ll say  ‘Yeah!’ or “Yay!” when she’s excited and “Gah!” when she wants something you’re holding. She’s repeated ‘bye’ and ‘hi’ a couple times with meaning.

3) She loves books! Anne adores going through her books and her favorites are her “Don’t Touch A Dragon” book, Mother Goose rhymes and “Where’s Spot” with the flaps that she can look under.  I got her Eloise and Madeline for her birthday :-) 

4) She is a champ eater of all the things but her favorite is pasta and meat sauce. She’s not as enthusiastic about beans -- red, black, green, pinto, etc... I think the texture puts her off. She also won’t eat any of the “official” baby foods except for the spaghetti and rings or mac n’cheese from gerber. 

5) Baths are still one of her least favorite activities but she enjoyed her first big girl bath with her very own little toy boat and little people figures last weekend. That is, she enjoyed it until her daddy squirted her with a little water from one of the floaty fish toys and she started crying. He felt bad about it! She drowned her boat’s captain and capsized the boat about a billion times :p 

6) She loves making people clap! She’ll start clapping and if you don’t copy her, she’ll get frustrated haha. 

7) She loves make mommy sing ‘The Itsy Bitsy Spider’ over and over and over and over and over again. Each time I finish, she’ll clap her hands and announce, ‘Ghen!!’ (sorta sounds like again without the beginning ‘a’).

8) She starts her first ‘class’ this Wednesday. It’ll be mostly crafts, songs and games. I need to also find another storytime for her since her class is right in the middle of the Wee Folks storytime at our library.

9) She is an expert at crib yoga. Maybe she’ll be a gymnast! (Not much of a chance, honestly. I’m terrible at gymnastics as is her dad.)

10) She adores dogs and is always trying to pet them. If you put her in her walker and she has tons of energy, she’ll scoot all over the house chasing after poor Hamlet.

[jeaneybean]

Vlad the werewolf is way stronger than our entire party

probably combined, motherfucker leaps and shit with two humans attached to him.

Phase into town, with Wolf-Wolf (who has an actual name, but noone remembers it) pawing at his nose a bit, unable to keep the trail of Fyodora since we’d entered into a highly populated area. After Oz makes a quip about the church on the hill and if this were one of his mother’s romance books she’d be up there as they entered town, Nitahn heads up to the church with Vera and Oz in tow. Magnolia and Jake head to check the inns and park the wagon.

At the church Vera gets the heebie jeebies, and once she does a detect evil it turns out the church isn’t on holy ground. The head priest (who follows Brewstar the god of brewing and bad poetry) is evil, the altar to the kessia family is tainted. Fun stuff. While Nitahn and Vera fail at keeping the priest answered (and oz makes fun of them) They learn he hasn’t seen Fyodora or Vlad, though he agrees to show them around town (Read: Go bar hopping)

As they do that, Mags and Jake ask at the taverns to see if anyone’s seen the pair. With two places saying no Jake decides to gather attention by doing a performance, and while he’s doing that Magnolia asks the gathered people if they’ve seen Fyodora or Vlad. She gets a hit, and the pair of them head towards where they’d last been spotted.

Vera and Nitahn accompany Butch the priest into the bar while Oz sits outside with Wolf-Wolf. The priest drinks and gets more sexist as he drinks, and Vera inquires around if anyone’d seen the pair. She gets no hits, but outside Wolf-Wolf perks up and Oz spots Fyodora and Vlad. He sends a message to Vera, who grabs Nitahn and is like ‘we gotta go now’. They leave the bar and Wolf-Wolf runs up to Fyodora and Vlad is like ‘FUCK’ before bolting with Fyodora down a side street.

Vera leads the charge in with her first 20 of the session and choses to try and intimidate Vlad, telling him that if he puts a hand on Fyodora she’ll take it off. He responds by shifting into wolf form and grabbing onto Fyodora’s dress with his teeth. Nitahn goes to grapple with him and Oz casts haste on the party and Fyodora. Vera pulls out her sword and swings, critically striking Vlad in the face with her silvered blade. (Second 20 of the session). This pisses him off, but he tries to get away from Nitahn instead of strike back. Vera goes to the head of the wolf and tells Nitahn to pin him, then tells Vlad he’s got a chance to talk it out like humans or he can die like an animal.

Nitahn can’t maintian the grapple, and Vlad tries to get past Vera. A poor choice, because Vera attacks and crits again (A 20, confirming that with another 20, and failing to confirm triple threat. But still.), striking him hard in the side. Nitahn’s punching him and tries to get his good eye with his silver rings and rejoins the grapple. Oz casts oozing slime on Fyodora and has her smack him in the face a bit.

Vlad is now pretty pissed at Vera, and lashes out at her, attacking her and also tripping her badly (He crit his trip attempt, vera crit failed her save) and sends her sprawling ass over teakettle onto the ground. He jumps up onto the  nearby roof, dragging both Fyodora (who he’s still got a mouth on) and Nitahn (who’s still involved in the grapple) up with him. He bolts. Vera tries to climb up onto the roof, fails, tries again, crit fails. Oz tries to climb a bit, then gives up and starts running after, with Vera coming after him on her turn.

Oz hits the people on the roof with two spells: the first one stuns all three of them and also strikes vlad prone (and also deafens Fyodora) and this alerts Jake and Magnolia to their presence. The second spell he uses is glitterdust and he blinds both Vlad and Fyodora. Vlad starts bitching at them in Rusk, and Vera tears right back into him with her horribly accented Rusk. Vlad yells at her for getting into things she didn’t understand and only wanting to fight, Vera’s like FUCK YOU I GAVE YOU TWO OUTS TO TALK and they argue for a bit before Oz is like ‘hey, the spell-’ and as soon as the glitterdust wears off he’s off, dragging Fyodora at his full movement speed since he’s not encumbered by nitahn anymore. 

Jake has Mayhem chase after them via air and runs off, with a short discussion sending Magnolia and Oz back into town for the cart while Vera and Nitahn head off with jake into the woods. It’s team Impulse vs Team competent thought (with Vera providing the switch character, as currently she is livid regarding the werewolf sass) and Team Impulse uses Wolf Wolf to track Vlad’s huge blood trail. At one point Vlad steals clothes and Vera remarks that at least he’ll put on some fucking pants. They track through the night with Vera’s torchlight and Jake’s low light vision leading the way.

Meanwhile, Oz and Magnolia have bonding time (where their players went out of the room and had storytime with one another) and slept while continuing to follow the road southeast, the direction we’d been heading. (And towards the Werewolf territory)

Int he early morning Team Impulse follows the trail after an area that looks like there’s been a struggle and finds that Vlad had caught a deer and tied Fyodora’s dress to it and had slipped them up. They kill the wounded animal and have breakfast before bringing Wolf-Wolf back to the struggle area and track Vlad’s blood from there.

As Magnolia and Oz keep driving the cart they start seeing/hearing things in the woods. They urge the donkies on faster, and the donkies are getting really upset. Veli’s pretty upset as well, and when wolf-like shapes and red eyes get pretty close Oz casts haste on the Donkies and Magnolia spurs them on, heading down a lesser used road. Oz tells Magnolia that those weren’t wolves, they were worgs. Worgs are intelligent. They’re likely being corraled.

As team Impulse approaches dark on their second day int he woods (Without sleep/rest, because humans are pirsuit predators and they’re also idiots) Nitahn starts hearing things. He hears his donkies. Vera and Jake hear nothing, but after a bit Jake hears the noise too. Vera goes over to where Nitahn is and hears jack shit (While scoring some really high listen checks). She tries to remind him of the time that they fought the mimic and there was suddenly the skeleton, this might be a magical thing.

Jake yells out for Magnolia, and Nitahn calls out to Oz and the Donkies, with Vera calling out for the creature most likely to hear: Veli. They get no response, but as they go throught he woods a bit more they see a dark, tall creature. Through torchlight Vera sees a beautiful black horse. Jake and Nitahn? They see a beautiful black unicorn.

It seems friendly with Nitahn, but it shies away from Jake when he attempts to ride it. Jake is then like ‘we should kill it, no one’s going to beleive us’ and Vera’s like ‘it’s a fucking horse, what are you freaking out about’. The Unicorn jogs off, with nitahn and Jake persuing and Vera following.

Nitahn dashes out after the unicorn and into a road, where something large is barreling down the path. He hits the center spoke of the wagon and gets knocked down and ran over, with Oz and Magnolia being like WHAT THE FUCK DID WE HIT OH GOD and they stop the cart when they spot Vera and Jake running out after Nitahn. There’s a brief reunion and Nitahn points out the unicorn. Oz also sees the horn, Magnolia does not, but she recognizes that it’s a unicorn with a knowledge nature check. She implores it to help them because there’s a fuck ton of worgs after them. Nitahn touches the Unicorn while Vera yells at him tmo avoid water, apparently thinking it’s a kelpie and not a unicorn. (Vera does not know what a goose is. Vera knows what a kelpie is. Why.) She climbs up on the cart beside Oz.

The Worgs start howling and circling and up in the trees a voice calls out, saying that it’s pet had caught it another pure hearted maiden. There’s the world’s most steriotypical vampire in the trees, preening as he looks over the group and he kind of gets a bit knocked off his script when he realizes that it’s not the pretty blonde girl or the handsome dark elf or the strapping half orc or the roguishly cute boy the Unicorn has gravitated to. nope. It’s a big hairy guy. Vera cackles from the cart, and end scene.

VERA IS 600 EXP FROM BEAR

[andy-clutterbuck]

Rick ‘Mother Goose’ Grimes

Lead storytime, Rick. Someone find him a stuffed goose on a run and give it to him, I wanna see his face.

[childrensroom-harvardpublib]

There are lots of great events at the library in the next few weeks!

Below are just a few of the upcoming programs - see the entire list on the library's website!

Virtual Lego Expo - entire month of March

Challenge Trivia with the Trivia Brothers - April 8

Saturday Storytime with Funny Stories - March 27

Mother Goose on the Loose Storytime on Mondays and Thursdays

See the event descriptions on the library's website for information about how to register for these virtual programs!  🙂

[buckybarnesappreciationsociety]

Kindergarten Blues

Summary: Time has come for little Stevie, 5 years old, to start kindergarten and Bucky’s having a difficult time grasping the concept of his little boy growing up. Steven  Barnes crosses into the scholastic realm. How will Bucky deal with his little man leaving the nest?

Pairings: Bucky x Reader OFC Steven James and Bella Barnes, Ms. Nelson, Kindergarten Teacher

Warning: Separation anxiety and a boatload of happiness

A/N: This fic is part of “The Chronicles of Bucky Barnes-Family Man.” From time to time, I’ll post one shots about Bucky, his wife, Bella and little Steven. I wanted to write how he handles his kids growing up. Hope you like it. Feedback is encouraged and thank you for reading!

You’ve heard of kids crying, latching themselves onto their parent’s leg on the first day of kindergarten. Somber mothers and fathers peeped in the door’s window, searching for one more glance of their “baby.” What they fail to realize is it’s 8:00 a.m. and the school dismisses kindergartners at noon.

James Buchanan Barnes felt as if little Stevie was going off to war. Two weeks prior to the first day, he was a real sourpuss. And from what Jillian gathered, those poor new recruits caught pure hell. So much so that Nick Fury spoke to Bucky and requested he ease up a bit. Bucky complied.

Jillian thought it funny the way her teddy bear husband was acting. She understood what Bucky was going through; she’d experienced the same thing with Bella. Come to think of it, he went with them to school and had to be dragged away!

Uncle Tony paid tuition for Bella and little Stevie to attend the uber exclusive “Whittington School.” Before his niece and nephew even set foot in the door, all staff members were stringently vetted. He made sure no stone was left unturned. This school was attended by kids with “extraordinary” parents.

The likes of Clark Kent and Lois Lane, Bruce Wayne, Scott Lang among a few had their children enrolled in the school because security was high and the buildings were secure. Cameras were strategically placed around the perimeter, infrared beams dotted the treelines and a reinforced wall kept hooligans out. If all that wasn’t enough, kids wore mini-trackers, attached to the inside of their clothes, just in case an incident occurred.

The Night Before “D-Day”

Sitting on his bed, little Stevie packed his Iron Man backpack. Bucky walked in his room and sat next to him and said, Hey son, you ready for school?” Little Stevie couldn’t contain his enthusiasm, “Yeah daddy, I can’t wait to meet my teacher and make friends and see Bella and…”

Bucky chuckled, “Slow down pardner. Breathe.”

Inhaling loudly, the excited little fella spoke again, “Oh and I already know my ABC’s and my colors and some of my numbers! Daddy, can we go NOW?” Bucky pulled him onto his lap, “Tomorrow is Monday. That’s when you go to school.” Laughter erupted as little Stevie jumped up and down on his bed singing, “♫♪♫I’M GOING TO SCHOOL IN THE MORNING♪♫♪!”

Bucky insisted his son get some sleep. Little Stevie pouted but eventually relented, not before he tucked his backpack under the covers. .

Bucky wore a tight smile on his face. He felt a sharp pain in his stomach and heart. Bella and little Stevie were growing up right before his eyes!

Jillian sitting against the headboard of their bed reading, put her book down when her glum husband meandered into the room.

She knew her brooding husband suffered a case of ‘my kids are growing up too fast.’ Jillian beckoned him to the bed and Bucky complied. Gently stroking his chocolate locks, Jillian asked, “Buck, look at me.” He turned his gaze towards his compassionate wife. “You knew this day would come sooner or later. Remember Bella’s first day of kindergarten?” He nodded. “I had to practically yank all of the Avengers from the school. You, Steve and Wanda cried, while Tony videotaped the event. Let’s not forget Nat whispering in Bella’s ear self-defense moves.”

The bed rumbled with his laughter. Placing a chaste kiss on Jillian’s lips, Bucky mused, “Yeah I remember that. Sam was on a mission. He had a fit. That was a great day.”

Rolling her eyes, Jillian pretended to hit her husband in the chest. She smiled, “Yeah he was fit to be tied!” They looked at each other and burst into raucous laughter.

“Come on Sarge, it’s bedtime. Early day tomorrow.” Jillian turned the bedside lamp off and pulled the cover over herself. Bucky draped his left arm over her body and pulled her close to him. Sleep came to pulled him under its spell.

First Day of School

The alarm clock buzzed at 6:00 a.m. Bucky reached back and swatted it, rolling back over.

Jillian attempted to move but a heavy metal appendage laying across her body prevented it.

Struggling to get loose, Bucky protested and asked for 5 more minutes. Jillian pecked him on the nose and shuffled into the bathroom.

Bucky groaned, “Oh well, let’s get this over with.”

Walking down the hall, giggles came from little Stevie’s room. As he got closer, the voices of Bella and her brother was heard.

Opening the door, the kids ran to his arms for a bear hug from daddy.

Little Stevie let out a high pitched laugh, “Good morning daddy. Is it time to go yet?”

Bella chimed in, “No silly goose. We’re not dressed. C’mon little bro, let’s eat.”

The smell of pancakes, bacon and eggs caught the attention of the hungry bear and his cubs.

Bella and little Stevie said ‘good morning’ to Jillian. She in turn began platting their food.

Bucky loved sitting at the table with his wife and kids. He’d laugh and carry on sometimes intense conversations with his 12 year old daughter. Bella was so intelligent and well-spoken. Her favorite subjects were math and science.

After breakfast came the moment of truth. While Jillian got little Stevie ready, Bucky filled his son’s backpack. Inside were Bucky bear, a Captain America jacket and cap. Leaning against the doorway, his wife shook her head.

Time To Let Him Go (Until Noon)

After clearing security, the Barnes family stepped inside. Bella hugged her parents and walked toward her locker. Little Stevie’s was absolutely amazed at his classroom.

Along the wall hung animals, alphabets and numbers. There were little cubbies to hang backpacks and jackets. Tiny tables and chairs dotted the center of the room, along with a reading corner with every Dr. Seuss book imaginable. The carpet was a giant jigsaw puzzle. 2 restrooms off to the side of the classroom and a spacious outside play area, with swings, slides, see saws, and horses that teters back and forth on heavy duty springs.

Ms. Nelson, one of the instructors, greeted them. “Good morning Barnes family. I’m Ms. Nelson, Stevie’s teacher.” Bucky and Jillian exchanged pleasantries while little Stevie found his personalized cubbie and hung his backpack.

Running back to Bucky, he jumped in his daddy’s arms and whispered in his ear, “Daddy, I’m gonna have so much fun. I love you.” Bucky smiled as little Stevie ran off again to greet his classmates.

“Mr. and Mrs. Barnes, Steven will be fine. We encourage parents to leave once the kids have turned their backs and start playing. This makes it easier on them not to see their parents crying.”

Jillian couldn’t stifle her laughter. “C’mon Sarge, let’s go home. Our son’s gonna be just fine.”

Hesitating, Bucky walked to the door and tried to turn around, but Jillian pulled him out the door and into their car.

First Day Joy

Like clockwork, Bucky and Jillian anxiously waited outside for their son in the pick-up lot. Kids were escorted out to their parents vehicles by their teachers.

Spotting his daddy, little Stevie sprinted into his arms and hugged him around the neck.

Breathing hard, little Stevie ran down the day’s activities. “Mommy, daddy I had a lot of fun. Ms. Nelson’s really nice. She asked who knew their alphabets and I raised my hand.

Then I said them and she said I was really smart and at art, Marcus, Linda and me sat at the table together, they’re my friends and we went outside and ran around and we came back inside for storytime and we had lunch and then, Bella came by and a waved at me!”

Jillian and Bucky snickered as their over zealous son continued to ramble on and on about the day’s events.

Squeezing Jillian’s hand, Bucky knew from that day forward, life would change for them. Growth is inevitable. As a parent, the reality of your ‘baby birds’ leaving the  nest tugs at the heartstrings.  Simply roll with the punches, hold tight to the memories made and look forward to those milestones still to come.